delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi   search  
Mail Archives: cygwin/2015/01/13/04:10:06

X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
:list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to
:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=
default; b=bhpOruM1Go56YnJrJamWx4niOecICA+hk0guexNJNli9CONx06Aml
0HfVLGm20L1MS/t77+tMMzhfURqJXrm0rax78TKJXeZ3Nxp6cl6TJT1vukF7Pz3p
qyHwwxJfVv4ENw2LEXKvyiDW+PJR9yqTo7YUDAkEgaik12spJe3xb8=
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
:list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to
:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default;
bh=mfiov8qmqRLkYU0MvHxU4JFYWSY=; b=UxAXTs9Qgxxud8YWbgzMRJUPfTGO
tT+A/X+6NVOP5f3PuLBjUIOg+cWcO/TtSOj1KJsPm6QFAOxO8ZNVejDEOYIcrxa+
XI7r6dAcu92Y74Ms4XGW3X+QGFHf29vyEp7ePWTh/M8lu5JwF6UULRKhfbfbTAdI
j6eE39ZHNIIATmM=
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none
X-Virus-Found: No
X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2
X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:09:38 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.34-003 (Christmas/New Year release)
Message-ID: <20150113090938.GR15791@calimero.vinschen.de>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <announce DOT 20141217131626 DOT GR10824 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <87oaqynpzq DOT fsf AT Gertrud DOT fritz DOT box> <20150107174122 DOT GB4190 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20150108171825 DOT GB15791 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <8761cez7qi DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> <20150112103834 DOT GA15213 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <1317243972 DOT 20150112155044 AT yandex DOT ru> <20150112142131 DOT GK15791 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <462951490 DOT 20150113065357 AT yandex DOT ru>
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <462951490.20150113065357@yandex.ru>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)

--M0YLxmUXciMpOLPE
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Jan 13 06:53, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!
>=20
> >> >> > I added a %H specifier to the /path schema which is substituted b=
y the
> >> >> > Windows home path in POSIX notation.  So, what you should be able=
 to do
> >> >> > now is something like:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >   db_home: /%H/cygwin
> >> >>=20
> >> >> I've used
> >> >>=20
> >> >>    db_home: %H/cygwin
> >>=20
> >> > Meep!  Did you read the preliminary user's guide?  You really should.
> >>=20
> >> >   https://cygwin.com/preliminary-ug/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitc=
h-passwd
> >>=20
> >> > The leading slash is in integral part of the "path" scheme,  The abo=
ve
> >> > is not recognized as valid entry at all.
> >>=20
> >> Speaking of validity of entries.
> >> I was toying around with my chain of VM's, and got to think about a wa=
y to
> >> debug new nsswitch.conf configurations.
> >> Is there an easy way to see, what steps are performed, and what result=
s are
> >> returned, from schemes specified in nsswitch.conf ?
>=20
> > I'm not sure I understand the question.  Just change the db_home
> > or whatever entry to another one and start another mintty?
>=20
> That would be an indirect test, that doesn't tell a whole lot if things n=
ot
> work to the expected results.
> I'm trying different configurations right now, but it seems the result al=
ways
> /home/$USER. And I'm not sure, if it is my misunderstanding, mistakes in =
my
> cygwin configuration, or errors in system configuration?
> It would be wonderful to have a way to directly test different schemes, e=
ven
> if only for current user.

I don't see the difference.  If you don't get the desired results,
explain the setting you test and what you did.  Let's discuss it.  If
it's a bug, I'll fix the bug.  If it's a misunderstanding on your part,
let's try to improve the documentation.


Corinna

--=20
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

--M0YLxmUXciMpOLPE
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1
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=K7XH
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--M0YLxmUXciMpOLPE--

- Raw text -


  webmaster     delorie software   privacy  
  Copyright © 2019   by DJ Delorie     Updated Jul 2019